Cravatt, Benjamin F.

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Name (Latin)
Cravatt, Benjamin F.
Date of birth
1970-04-13
Gender
male
MARC
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Other Identifiers

VIAF: 53829606
Wikidata: Q4888433
Library of congress: no2003000519
Sources of Information
  • A Trends guide to proteomics, 2002:p. v (Benjamin F. Cravatt)
  • Activity-based protein profiling, 2019:title page (Benjamin F. Cravatt) title page verso (Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA)

Wikipedia description:

Benjamin Franklin Cravatt III is a professor in the Department of Chemistry at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California. Considered a co-inventor of activity-based proteomics and a substantial contributor to research on the endocannabinoid system, he is a prominent figure in the field of chemical biology. Cravatt was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2014, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2016. He is Gilula Chair of Chemical Biology, a Cope Scholar, and a Searle Scholar. In 2026, he was elected to the American Philosophical Society.

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